OHNO CHURCH
【WORLD HERTAGE SITE】Ohno Church is about an hour by bus from Nagasaki Station, and a 10-minute walk from Ohno Bus Stop, which is further from Shitsu Church. It is located on a hill where you can see the Sumou Nada and the East China Sea in the Sotome area of Nagasaki prefecture. It is said that the area is affiliated with the Christian Koteda clan, who fled to Nagasaki in 1599 due to the repression of Matsuura, the ruler of Hirado. The Ohno Church was built in 1893 by Father De Ro, who invested his own money in 1893 for 26 household members. The “De Ro Wall” using local basalt has a unique texture and looks like a private house. It is a rustic and unique church architecture that incorporates Western techniques while still being based on traditional private house architecture techniques.